Flight Maui - Molokai 7.Jan.1999

This was my first flight on Hawaii. I chartered a Cherokee Archer from Maui Aviators, operating on the Kahului Airport. I received my checkout
from Jon Muralt, owner of the company.

The prevailing weather condition was "vog",
a volcanic fog carried by the wind from the big island of Hawaii.
The visibility was partly very impacted by the mix of the volcanic
ash and a fog. As soon the coast was out of sight, the transition between Ocean and
the sky was almost invisible, what constitutes a perfectly simulated instrument
filght conditions. This caused serious orientation problems to many tourist-pilots
visiting Hawaii. I was well advised to continue the entire flight
with Jon, the more that he is a very good story teller.

We took off toward North-East and flew along Maui in clockwise direction. In the first
phase of the flight we landed several times in Hana and I was busy with proving
my piloting skills. I grabbed the camera on the other side of the Island, close
to Molokini. From there we flew along the entire Maui west side, over Lahaina to
Lipoa Point. From there I made my mandatory channel crossing to Molokai. On the
north side of Molokai we flew in marginal visual conditions and have landed in
Kalaupapa, the former leper colony.